Harry Forbes
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Harry Forbes
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Last year's superlative concert presentation of Flaherty and Ahrens' classic 1998 musical, #Ragtime, is back better than ever with its terrific cast and fine direction intact, making for an uncommonly moving and exhilarating experience: tinyurl.com/9htefy9p
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Ragtime (Lincoln Center Theater)
By Harry Forbe No one who saw the brief semi-staged concert presentation of composer Steven Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens 1998 masterwor...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Six glories of the musical theater -- both the familiar and the rare -- shared the spotlight in #OhioLightOpera's summer season: from Coward to Künneke, and Sullivan to Gershwin: tinyurl.com/ms342m86
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Ohio LIght Opera 2025
By Harry Forbes Where else but at the Ohio Light Opera in Wooster could you find such a wonderfully varied season of musicals and operetta...
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August 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
John Krasinski impresses with a fine performance as a hapless underdog increasingly enthralled by a questionable men's rights internet personality, #AngryAlan: tinyurl.com/55fa9dct @StudioSeaview
Angry Alan (Studio Seaview)
By Harry Forbes It’s a treat to watch John Krasinski deliver such a bravura performance in Penelope Skinner’s (mostly) one-man show about Ro...
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July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Jeremy Jordan in top form heads a stunning revival of composer/lyricist Adam Guettel's "Floyd Collins," his first major musical success based on the true story of a trapped cave explorer in 1925 Kentucky: tinyurl.com/4pan8prh @LCTheater
May 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga head "Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends," a loving overview of the late composer's songbook, with first-rate talent from Broadway and London's West End: tinyurl.com/2svr9cex
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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (Manhattan Theatre Club)
By Harry Forbes That ubiquitous genre, the  Stephen Sondheim revue --- one which had its genesis in Ned Sherrin and David Kernan’s “Side by ...
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April 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Broadway newcomer Jasmine Amy Rogers delights as the 1930's cartoon heroine Betty Boop in #BoopTheMusical, from David Foster and Susan Birkenhead with a book by Bob Martin: tinyurl.com/yme8n2xy @BoopTheMusical
BOOP! The Musical (Broadhurst Theatre)
By Harry Forbes “BOOP! The Musical” may not be one for the ages, but for now, I’d say this candy-colored concoction based on the adorable c...
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April 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
There's a lot more to Sarah Snook than her memorable performance on HBO's "Succession," as this gripping adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel #ThePictureOfDorianGray spectacularly demonstrates: bit.ly/42l8JC9 @DorianGrayPlay
The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Music Box)
By Harry Forbes To cut to the chase, Sarah Snook --  known best globally for her role as Shiv Roy in HBO’s “Succession” -- is absolutely stu...
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April 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Andrew Scott's #Vanya, his one-man riff on "Uncle Vanya" is quite the tour de force, capping an impressive series of triumphs for the actor on stage, screen, and TV: tinyurl.com/39wkzvwm @vanyaonstage
Vanya (Lucille Lortel Theatre)
By Harry Forbes Andrew Scott is certainly riding a career high: the Irish actor’s much praised turn as Garry Essendine in an updating of Noe...
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March 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Lily Rabe and Billy Crudup head a solid cast in Jack O'Brien's compelling production of #Ghosts, Henrik Ibsen's still provocative 19th century classic: tinyurl.com/2dk9txwc @LCTheater
Ghosts (LIncoln Center Theater)
By Harry Forbes The first few minutes of director Jack O’Brien’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s once controversial and still provocative 1881 ...
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March 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It's taken over two years for Paul Mescal's heralded London performance in Tennessee Williams' classic #AStreetcarNamedDesire to reach our shores, but it proves worth the wait: tinyurl.com/46cz55f5 @BAM_Brooklyn
A Streetcar Named Desire (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
By Harry Forbes Director Rebecca Frecknall’s highly stylized rethinking of Tennessee Williams 1947 classic may not be to all tastes, but the...
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March 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Idina Menzel is in fine fettle, dramatically and musically, and the set design and projections are richly eye-filling, but otherwise this earnest musical of a grieving woman finding solace among the towering Redwoods disappoints: tinyurl.com/yc4h8h7f @Redwoodmusical
Redwood (Nederlander Theatre)
By Harry Forbes Idina Menzel fans certainly get their money’s worth in this tailor made musical conceived by the lady herself in tandem with...
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February 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The revival of "Garside's Career," a pre-World War I rarity from English playwright Harold Brighouse, best known for "Hobson's Choice," proves one of the Mint's most worthy rediscoveries: tinyurl.com/y6fwscp7 @MintTheaterCo
Garside’s Career (Mint Theater Company)
By Harry Forbes British playwright Harold Brighouse (1882-1958) is best remembered for his 1915 “Hobson’s Choice,” frequently revived and fa...
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February 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#KenLudwig's chronicle about his parents' long-distance courtship during World War II, #DearJackDearLouise, is, by turns, delightful and heartwarming but hurry, as there are only a few days left in the limited run: tinyurl.com/yc5y3bx8 @59E59
Dear Jack, Dear Louise (Penguin Rep Theatre and Shadowland Stages)
By Harry Forbes Playwright Ken Ludwig’s touching two-hander concerns the extraordinary World War II-era courtship of his parents before they...
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February 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, #English, makes its deserved transfer to Broadway after its 2022 run at The Atlantic Theater Company: tinyurl.com/yc5uda4w @roundaboutnyc
English (Roundabout Theatre Company)
By Harry Forbes I didn’t catch Sanaz Toossi’s 2022 play about four students taking an English proficiency course in Iran when it played the ...
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January 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#AndraMcDonald triumphs, as we knew she would, playing that most laser-focused of stage mothers in George C. Wolfe's superlative revival of the Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents masterpiece #Gypsy: tinyurl.com/378fvkky @gypsybway
Gypsy (Majestic Theatre)
By Harry Forbes It was only a matter of time before Audra McDonald would join the distinguished line of post-Ethel Merman interpreters of th...
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January 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
REVIEW: The 2010 musical version of that most popular of Christmas movies has returned to Broadway with a cast headed by Grey Henson, Ashley Brown, Michael Hayden, and Sean Astin for its second seasonal revival, and it provides as much pleasure as before. @elfonbroadway
Elf (Marquis Theatre)
By Harry Forbes When “Elf” premiered on Broadway back in 2010, I opined that the show was so good it could easily have staying power well be...
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December 6, 2024 at 4:26 PM